Κυλλήνη

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Κυλλήνη (Kullḗnēf (genitive Κυλλήνης); first declension

  1. Cyllene, an oread nymph in Greek mythology
  2. Kyllini, a mountain in the Peloponnese, Greece

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: Κυλλήνη (Kyllíni)
  • Latin: Cyllēnē

References

  • Κυλλήνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Κυλλήνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Κυλλήνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007